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Subject:    Oak Ridge Security Patrol Reports Two Bullet-Shaped Objects at 50'
Date:        October 15, 1950
Location:  Oak Ridge, TN

#1664: 1950/10/15  15:20  300  84:17:40W  35:59:20N  3333  NAM USA TNS  8 10 
OAK RIDGE,TN:BBK#819:SVRL RDRS+VIS:GUARDS HEAR ODD NOISES:TROOPERS SEE SCRS 
Ref# 26 FAWCETT+GREENWOOD:  UFO COVERUP.     Page No. 171 MIL. BASE

Francis Ridge:
This report is listed both in the original BB list of unknowns and the Comprehensive Catalog of BB Unknowns by Brad Sparks. In fact, there are two events listed in the latter for the same day, but apparently they are the same sighting. Several FBI documents in my files are linked below. Brad Sparks provided the more detailed version from his PBB files. Dan Wilson had already done a BB Microfilm search for the period which included the incident of the 15th of October.

Case # 819 Oct. 15, 1950. Oak Ridge, Tenn. 3:20 p.m. AESS Trooper Rymer, J. Moneymaker, and Capt. Zarzecki saw 2 shiny silver objects shaped like bullet or bladder dive with a smoke trail, one vanished, the other hovered at 5-6 ft altitude, 50 ft away, left and returned several times somewhat further away. (Berliner)

269  Oct. 15, 1950. Oak Ridge AEC site, Tenn. (36.05° N, 84.20° W). (Hynek UFO Rpt pp. 142-3)



For reports, documentation, analysis or discussions - see below:
 
Report Synopsis (more detailed version from Blue Book files) - Brad Sparks
Oak Ridge Sighting by Security Patrol - Quote from an FBI Document - Jerry Washington
UFOs Oak Ridge - Visuals, Radar, F-82 Scrambled; Oct 12,15,16, 1950 - BB Microfilm - Dan Wilson
FBI Cover Letter (not original) dated 18 October 1950 - Objects Over Oak Ridge, October 12,15,16, 1950
FBI  incident report dated 15 Oct 1950, Page 1 of Inclosure #11
FBI  report dated 15 Oct 1950, Page 2 of Incl. #11
FBI  incident report dated 16 Oct 1950, Page 1 of Incl. #10
FBI  report dated 16 Oct 1950, Page 2 of Incl. #10
FBI  incident report dated 16 Oct 1950, Page 1 of Incl. #3
FBI  report dated 18 Oct 1950, Page 2 of Incl. #3
FBI  incident report dated 16 Oct 1950, Page 1 of Inclosure #3
FBI  report dated 16 Oct 1950, Page 2 of Inclosure #3
FBI  report dated 17 Oct 1950 - Object sighted over Oak Ridge, Pg.1
FBI  report dated 17 Oct 1950 - Object sighted over Oak Ridge, Pg.2
FBI  report dated 17 Oct 1950 - Object sighted over Oak Ridge, Pg.3
FBI  report dated 17 Oct 1950 - Object sighted over Oak Ridge, Pg.4
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